[CHICKENS-101] Re: Buff Orpington's vs. Australorps- broody at the same time?

 

Hi Sandy,

Thanks for your vote for the Australops. Oh, dear. I forgot about the broody part.

But silly, me I do WANT them to go broody. That's why I'm getting this type. But it recalled a time some years back when ALL my aracauna chickens went broody at the same time and no one was laying. I gave them away and the next day at their new home they layed six eggs. Ha ha! Then I read somewhere that moving chickens can cause them to stop being broody. I could have moved them to a new coop on my property and solved the problem, eh?

But anyway, I had some younger chicks that were set to start laying in a few weeks at the time, which turned into a month or so.

My question now is, if I get all Buff Orps and Australorps are they all going to go broody at the same time? Is there a way to allow a FEW to go broody and move the other ones a round a bit so they don't go broody?

Or is that why you keep a few sex link chickens on your property. So that SOME are not broody? And you get a few eggs all the time...

Thanks for writing!

Britta in WI

--- In CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com, "sandi" <sandi_ruscetta@...> wrote:
>
> I have australops, among several other species, may I say they make the greatest pet chickens. Good egg producers, they do go broody.
>
> I am contemplating getting buff orpingtons this spring, to mix in with the white rocks, barred rocks, RIR's , Maran, Sex Link, and australops.
>

__._,_.___

Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic

Messages in this topic (5)

Recent Activity:

• New Members 13
• New Photos 1

Visit Your Group

To post a message to the list go to
CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com

Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use

.

__,_._,___